An insulator book for collectors

Laugh lines this is my comic for the insulator collecting hobby. The consolidated design number is a unique number the insulator collecting hobby has assigned to every known insulator style. Insulators hot item for collectors the morning call. Enthusiasts of antique glass or porcelain insulators. Collecting antique glass insulators is a relatively new hobby. Tod died in 1989 and in 1991 his wife granted permission to elton gish to assign new unumbers as new styles were reported. Collectors share their finds and their stories here about vintage insulators. The hemingray glass company operated between 18481972 and was the largest manufacturer of glass insulators in the world. He has been collecting insulators since 1972, has served as the president of the national insulator association nia, and has published its newsletter, drip points. Sketches and prices new revised edition, 7th printing with edward pickett november 1971. Insulator historical timeline page 1 collecting insulators.

Get the best deals on antique glass insulators when you shop the largest online selection at. The price guide browser easy to use graphical interface. There are a number of great reference books that are available to the insulator collector. Collecting glass insulators why collect insulators. It is filled with crude line drawings, and vague descriptions of embossings and includes glass, porcelain and other types of insulators. Collector s guide for porcelain insulators, 2nd edition 2019 elton n. There are a number of great reference books that are available to the porcelain insulator collector. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. The national insulator association nia is an international organization of collectors and friends interested in electrical insulators, and other artifacts connected with the many industries associated with electrical power, telephone, telegraph, railroads andor lightning protection devices. Each book listed below includes a photograph of the cover, a short. The products most known to collectors that were made at the brookfield glass company bushwick glass works factory located in brooklyn are primarily insulators, although bottles and jars were also made. Insulator, antique phone and miscellaneous collectors and organizations for readers of this chapter and those who wish to advertise or purchase.

Keeping up with the insulator collectors on facebook peachridge. Please advise the webmaster of any reference books that exist that are not listed books shown in red are represented in the nia archives. A comprehensive guide to collecting and identifying crown embossed brookfield beehive insulators, including an extensive study of brookfield glass company history written by lee brewer, 269 pages. The unipart style chart has been simplified by eliminating most of the trimmer variants and. This is a fairly common power insulator, and it has the corrugated base characteristic of more modern hemingray products. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Colorful glass insulators fascinate hobbyists albuquerque. To clean stains from the insulator, use oxalic acid mixed in heated water, and soak the glass for a few hours.

This 2019 book is the newest guide book for unipart onepart pintype porcelain insulators. These are very similar in size and style to our regular north american cd 121 tolls. Insulator, phone and miscellaneous related ow collectors and. This timeline is intended to provide a basic reference to significant events in history related to insulators. In the mid 1960s a few people began collecting these glass and porcelain insulators. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Collectors guide for porcelain insulators, 2nd edition. Please advise the webmaster of any reference books that exist that are not listed. For more simple cleaning, use dish soap and a rag or sponge to wipe dust from the surface. In conjunction with the expansion of rural electrification in the early 20th century, there was a major boom in the manufacturing of insulators, with production peaking from the 1920s through the 1940s, when millions of hemingray, dominion, and.

And the collectible value of any glass insulator is strongly impacted by its condition. If youre a cd designoriented collector, you try to collect one cd in each style, youll find that most of your collection is aqua. The continuous spiral binding allows the book to lie flat for reference work. Rainbow riders trading post by patti norton, insulator collecting in general, insulator pins for sale, trading insulators as an alternative to spending money, and more to come soon including lots of photos. Best of antiques, vintage, collecting collectors weekly browse, research, and explore the world of antiques, vintage, memorabilia, and collecting. Methods for reducing insulator noise and leakage by f.

I have been acquiring a few old insulator books as my interest in collecting has been rekindled. The electric orphanage, the owner and operator of song of the open wire, is a nonprofit entity. This insulator is also not too hard to find, nor very expensive. It is intended as a starting off point in learning about insulators. This list is an attempt at a comprehensive list of known insulator reference books in or out. Wambold said you can spend as little as a dollar for an insulator, but some are worth as much as. This month, lets talk about the cd 121 toll style insulator from australia.

The definitive guide to colorful insulators schiffer book for collectors bruner, michael on. The definitive guide to colorful insulators by michael bruner 1999, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Military and wartime antiques and memorabilia include an enormously wide variety of objects. Information on the hobby of collecting insulators and related collectibles. Old insulators index organizations insulator collecting. If your insulator collecting hobby related site is not listed here please drop me an email so that i can add your site address uri to the list. Keeping up with the insulator collectors on facebook. People worldwide collect glass or porcelain insulators.

In 1969, insulator enthusiast dora harned of chico, calif. See the photo above with the agee one beside a brookfield 121. A history and guide to north american pintype insulators. Old insulators glass insulators insulator collecting.

I highly recommend the many excellent books on insulators available to the hobby for further learning. The nia is an international organization of collectors and friends interested in the history and preservation of this early communication device and related gowiths. There are insulator shows and clubs across the us too. The site contains hundreds of photos, book and magazine listings, clubs, shows, icon and much more. Insulators north american glass insulators price guide by donald r.

Acws insulator info insulator publications books glass insulators. Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Commonly made from glass or porcelain in a dazzling array of shapes and colors, including amber, cobalt blue, olive green one shade is known among insulator collectors as sevenup, and royal purple, antique insulators are prized for their rarity and physical beauty. A guide for insulator collectors, with prices, book, 1967. This book is the only one in print that lists all known styles, embossings and colors, as well as an approximate value for each. On the right is a hemingray 53 cd202, the insulator that icon insulator collectors on the net uses as their logo. Best of antiques, vintage, collecting collectors weekly. On the homefront, there are the war and propaganda posters produced to keep morale high in difficult times, the postcards mailed to and received by loved ones. The uchart was developed by jack tod and published in 1971, porcelain insulators guide book for collectors. Complete catalogue of insulator books, publications and.

Collector s guide book for porcelain insulators unipart pintype. New book detailing earlyperiod brookfieldmade beehive style insulators. Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from. Did you ever think about collecting vintage glass insulators from the early t. These fascinating relics were used along railway and telegraph lines in the through the centuries. As technology developed insulators were needed for telephone lines, electric power lines, and other applications. Here is a list of some of the books currently available. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. The definitive, musthave guide for all glass insulator collectors. Insulator collectors, for the most part, tend to be interested in the actual history behind a particular piece, including factory origin and associated markings glass company or utility name, city, state, patent dates, etc, its age, type, color, etc.

It is like no other book about porcelain insulators. A history and guide to north american glass pintype insulators. The definitive guide to colorful insulators schiffer book for. One collectors organisation is the us national insulator association, which has over 9,000 members. An insulator book for advanced collectors revised 1971 edition.

Catalog and record your valuable glass insulator collection. Lot of 3 antique glass telegraph insulators good shape, new collectors. The price guide browser easy to use graphical interface to access north american glass insulators pricing information. Easy navigation between cd numbers and primary embossing are provided as well as scale drawings of all the cd shapes. The schroeder book 800 insulators was the first insulator book i bought many years ago and it was my bible for years of collecting. Rather than offerer a detailed guide to glass insulator collecting, this is an attempt to offer a fundamentally basic guide to glass insulator collecting, with sufficient information to allow a new glass insulator collector to start collecting and learning more information at their own pace. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Contents include pictures of insulators, history of companies, patents, where to find insulators, manufacturing details, insulator terminology, books on the subject, and background on the hobby. This is the culmination of more than 45 years of research and nearly 5 years of work to write and photograph all known unipart styles. A completely new 278page guide book 2015 for the collector of unipart porcelain insulators showing color photographs of each of the 1012 styles. It explains basic methods of drawing patterns for developing sheet metal and other types of protective covers commonly produced for wrap over insulation.

From the battlefield, there are the uniforms, wristwatches, medals, buttons, and trench art worn, used, and created by those on the front lines. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850s for use with telegraph lines. Italian insulator collector s association reprinted from crown jewels of the wire, may 2004, page 11. The collectors guide for glass insulators 1967 the collectors guide for glass insulators revised 1969 the collectors guide for glass insulators book one.

This web site is dedicated to providing information on every insulator style made by hemingray. The availability of this great reference guide to the collector community in digital format is made possible by the. With the advent of the internet, publishers seemed to loose interest in producing these books. Victor high voltage porcelain insulators, electric power line specialties. The schroeder book 800 insulators was the first insulator book i. An insulator book for the advanced collector, 1970 antique bottles insulator collectors. This 2019 revised 2nd edition of the new 278page guide book 2015 for the collector of unipart porcelain insulators showing color photographs of each of the 1012 styles.

If you dont know what your insulator s cd number is, you can find it by identifying your insulator. Many collectors and hobby enthusiasts are sharing their love for insulator collecting by establishing internet web sites. The national insulator association was founded in 1973 at a. Today there are over 2,000 collectors, and insulator clubs, national shows, and good reference books are available. A simple guide to glass insulator collecting and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Oct 18, 2018 there are a number of great reference books that are available to the insulator collector. Get the best deals on glass insulator when you shop the largest online selection at.

Welcome to old insulators one of the most entertaining and informative insulator collecting hobby web properties on the internet. The unipart style chart has been simplified by eliminating most of the trimmer variants and style numbers previously assigned to catalog styles that do not match actual specimens making. Note the more rounded, thicker wire groove ridges on the agee. It was at one of these shows in 1973 that the national insulator association was formed. This site is dedicated to collectors of unipart, multipart, and other porcelain insulators. Books about porcelain insulators porcelain insulators rinfinity. This exhaustive list of insulator collecting hobby sites helps everyone to more easily benefit from the exciting and creative work that all of us are doing on the internet. For 50 years crown jewels of the wire has been the leading publication for glass and porcelain insulator hobby news, history, articles with columns devoted to worldwide insulators, show reports, indepth research articles, meeting announcements, photos and other insulator information. Dictionary of bottle and insulator collectors february 1969 dictionary of bottle and insulator collectors july 1969. This is the main embossing on the insulator such as hemingray, h. Ian macky explains the colors and history of insulators collectors.

Also avoid the dishwasher, because high heat and rapid changes in temperature may crack the glass. A large variety of telephone, telegraph and power insulators have been made. After 30 years in this great hobby i am still and always interested in hearing from you. Here youll find all kinds of information about my insulator collection, insulators and collecting in general, and a little bit about me.

New book for 2019 2nd edition collectors guide book for porcelain. Reference books and other information not directly related to pintype insulators can be found in the insulator gowiths listings. In the photo are paolo salucci, nora coppo, guido boreani and noras husband kneeling. Insulators north american glass insulators price guide. Collectors share their finds and their stories here about. Complete catalogue of insulator books, publications and articles revised june 1, 1993 by kevin f.

The definitive guide to colorful insulators schiffer book for collectors. February 14, 2020 click on the insulator links below to enter the world of beautiful unipart and multipart porcelain insulators. Whats new keep updated on my current goingson and this web site. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Today there are over 2000 collectors, and insulator clubs, national shows, and good reference books are available. I am concentrating on acquiring australian and other foreign glass insulators most of the time, so many of the pages here are about those. Money back guarantee ensures you receive the item you ordered or get your money back. This list is an attempt at a comprehensive list of known insulator reference books in or out of print. Military and wartime antiques and memorabilia collectors. This site is my personal insulator collecting homepage. Wantedtobuy books and insulator collecting by rick soller between 1970 and about 1990, a variety of publishers produced books providing information on where people could sell various collectors. This is the culmination of more than 45 years of research and nearly 5 years of work to write and photograph all known. But mostly, collectors seem to obtain most of their pintype insulators from other collectors. Eventually collectors were able to find each other and hold shows.